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The court heard the woman was growing cannabis in a pot at her back step.

Sharyn Shepherd, at the centre of a dispute involving the killing of cats and a car’s tyres being slashed, is facing new theft and fraud charges.

Hope Taylor has been embroiled in an ugly neighbourhood dispute featuring allegations of cat killing and dumping liquid faeces.

A neighbourhood dispute has culminated in charges against resident Sharyn Shepherd of wilful damage, trespass and burglary.

Several months later, three of the four tenants at the Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust complex have either moved away or plan to move. The daughter of one tenant said she moved her mother out in late May because she was worried about her safety and mental health. “She was getting to the point of being scared to go out of her home, too scared to go to the letterbox,” she said. “Its all pretty horrific what weve been through.” The woman said her mother had lived at the complex for ...

Since Stuff’s first article on the Templeton dispute on January 30, Shepherd claims her car has been scratched, her garden poisoned and her fence cut. Other tenants claim their cars have also been damaged. The flat’s landlord, the Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust, said it could not discuss individuals or active cases, especially “where there are issues that may affect individual privacy or our work to find a resolution”. “As a responsible landlord, we are staying in touch with th...

Stuff Sharyn Shepherd, formerly known as Hope Taylor, is alleged to have made life difficult for her neighbours in a block of flats in Templeton. An abusive neighbour said to have poisoned the atmosphere in a friendly Templeton street was at the centre of another toxic neighbourhood dispute in 2007. Sharyn Shepherd, also known as Hope Maree Taylor, has been allegedly harassing her neighbours in a row of pensioner flats in Templeton, on the outskirts of Christchurch. Neighbours claim they have...

After a bit of online sleuthing, the neighbours discovered Shepherd was a convicted shoplifter and retail fraudster. Staff/Stuff Sharyn Shepherd, also known as Hope Maree Taylor, is allegedly harassing her neighbours in a quiet Templeton street. When Stuff visited recently, Shepherd agreed to discuss the allegations informally. Her home was neatly kept and her garden well cared for. She said she was the one being intimidated and harassed and her past had nothing to do with her tenancy. “...